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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 624

[Unless the requirements are expressely set forth in
the marketing agreement, the] A distributor may [[not]]
only require [the] A dealer to keep his retail outlet
open for business for [[any]] a specified number of hours
per day or days per week WHEN THIS REQUIREMENT IS
NEGOTIATED IN GOOD FAITH BY BOTH PARTIES AND ARRIVED AT
IN MUTUAL AGREEMENT AND IT IS ON THE BASIS OF A BONA FIDE
BUSINESS NEED . [[ANY PROVISION IN THE MARKETING
AGREEMENT TO THE CONTRARY IS AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY AND IS
VOID.]]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved May 15, 1975,

CHAPTER 625

(Senate Bill 1011)

AN ACT concerning

State Highways — Outdoor Advertising

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the erection and existence
of outdoor advertising signs which are visible
beyond 660 feet from the main traveled way of an
expressway, including the interstate system of
highways, within the State, and located outside of
urban areas; and prohibiting the erection and
existence of certain outdoor advertising signs which
are visible beyond 660 feet from the main traveled
way of any highway which is part of the Federal—Aid
Primary System of Highways, within the State, and
located outside of urban areas; and providing for
the payment for the taking of certain signs located
beyond 660 feet from the right—of—way line of any
such highway under certain conditions; providing
certain exceptions to the application of this Act;
correcting certain language; and generally relating
to outdoor advertising in the State.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article 89B — State Roads

Section 231, 232, 233, 234, 250 through 256,

inclusive, 258 and 260

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)